Thanks to goodreads, I found out books 2 and 3 of the DragonLance Destinies Trilogy had been released. Which was mildly annoying, since I missed it. Anyway, just finished Dragons of Fate, which is book 2, with book three arriving at the library this afternoon.
When we left off, Destina (a new character from the era post Legends but prior to 5th Age) had taken her current iteration of Tasslehoff back in time to to the night when the entire series started and took Raistlin and Sturm back further in time to the end of the 3rd Dragon War. Issue, of course being that with both a Kender and The Greygem (which holds Chaos), time can be changed, as Raistlin learned the hard way in Legends.
Ugh. so, This younger version of Sturm meets Huma and Raistlin meet Magius, and Detina dn Tasslehoff get invol;ved in their own escapades in the past. In the 'present', Dalamar and Justinius seek to repair the Device of Time Traveling which broke during the trip back to Huma. Which in turn allows the authors to highlight how artificers work in the DragonLance setting, much like 5th Age brought sorcery into the Wizarding world. Of course, Tas winds up meeting the Gnomes of the era....
Anyway, this one, much like volume one, ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, as the Butterfly effect comes into play based on one action.
While I enjoyed this one more than the first volume (among other things, the pacing is a lot better), and I enjoy watching Raistlin and Sturm gain an understanding of each other they never had in prior outings, it still feels a bit like the balance between pathos and comedy is a bit off here. I mean, Tas by himself is hysterical, but it just doesn't seem as meshed in with the meat of the story. Still worth reading for fans of the Lance.
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